Enhanced Cooperative Activation Effect in the Hydrolytic Kinetic Resolution of Epoxides on [Co(salen)] Catalysts Confined in Nanocages

Being cagey: More than two chiral [Co(salen)] catalyst molecules can be confined in one nanocage of SBA-16 by reducing the pore entrance size by silylation. The [Co(salen)]/SBA-16 catalysts with more than two [Co(salen)] complexes in each cage show a significantly enhanced cooperative activation effect and exhibit much higher activity than the homogeneous [Co(salen)] catalyst in the hydrolytic kinetic resolution of epoxides (see scheme). Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http://www.wiley-vch.de/contents/jc_2002/2007/z701747_s.pdf or from the author. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.